Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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